Mother on Eggs

My blood python laid eggs on the 1st, and I'm trying out maternal incubation. So far all is well. :) She's holding temps around 86-87.

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Yesterday, day 15, movement seen in the eggs!
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Nice! How is the humidity? That will be important throughout. Maternal incubation reminds me of natural childbirth. Good luck and keep us updated. :gj:

Ooh lovely, keep us updated, she is beautiful! What was the pairing?

The tub is flooded with a layer of water for maximum humidity. The nest box is misted inside every few days. The nest box has the entrance hole in the top, so the flooding of the tub won't hurt what goes on in there. When I open the tub, I'm hit with a wall of humidity. So far so good, eggs are as plump as the day they were laid.

Pairing was superstripe T+ x lyly stripe het T+.

Male:
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That should make some real stunners! I am a huge fan of lylys and that stripe is amazing.

Looking forward to updates on this, so cool! I hope it goes well right to the end.:D I would love to get a baby blood.

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Awesome! Hoping for complete success :gj:

How many eggs?

So awesome, and she's beautiful. Can't wait for updates. :)

This is just cool, your Female is Beautiful. I look forward to your updates.

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Awe man this is awesome!


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She looks great with her eggs. Please post pictures when they hatch.

Thanks everyone. There are at least 12 eggs.

Awesome!! I always wanted to try maternal incubation but I chickened out everytime....

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Here's a candling video, day 20 now!

https://youtu.be/MxoctYvye04

Wow what a beautiful serpent <3 She seems so protective of those eggs I love it. The eggs look very healthy!

Man! I absolutely need one of those hatchlings. That female is calling me. I feel her. :cool:

I second that. I may have to get one of the hatchlings if they will be available for sale.

Those are some amazing photos!

Thank you everyone! I'll continue to update, and yes most of the hatchlings will be available.

Damn, I wish I wasn't so poor. 😅

I love this Your Girl is awesome and the eggs look great. Thanks for sharing.

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Photo from day 45. Much looser coiling these days as the eggs heat up and get closer.

Well, how are things now? 😁

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I'll send her a note to update here. :) There are definitely some great pics and good updates! :D

Well here we go! All babies are out of the egg now for a total of 14. Two more than I thought there were. She was hiding some eggs from me. :)

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My keeper:
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Probably keeping these as well:
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The mother's body condition after not eating for 82 days, and maternally incubating for 59 of those days.
http://i.imgur.com/Y6jRaoU.jpg

The full album is here.

They look amazing!

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I was squinting at these pictures like, Damn wait, I know that mum! It's snakey from the livestream!
Surprised to see her outside of tumblr haha! :)

Awesome what a gorgeous Mother to Be! thats alot of eggs!!

They were amazing.


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What's the latest on the babies?